Lahore, Feb 22, 2008: Publishers and shopkeepers are doing a roaring business as the
sale of different kinds of guess papers and model papers of various subjects of
class IX and X is at peak in view of upcoming matriculation examination
2008.

A visit to the hub of stationery items of the country, Urdu Bazaar,
showed that the trend of using guess papers and model papers was very high among
students, both from the government and private schools.

Guess papers
provide selection of a number of important questions from different exercises
and sometimes some questions are marked as "sure shot" through which it is
claimed that these questions surely appear in the examination.

Model
papers offer different solved and unsolved exercises of different subjects and
make students familiar with pattern of the question papers. Model papers are
available in form of books for different subjects,

Price of each book of
model papers range from Rs 75 to Rs 120 while that of guess papers range from Rs
20 to Rs 80 per set.

Students, teachers and academic circles have
expressed different views in connection with use of guess papers and model
papers.

Most of the students believe that guess papers prove a blessing
for them, as they had to prepare only the selected and important parts of
different subjects. Some teachers also believe in "guess works" theory and
prepare especial guesses ahead of exams for their students.

However,
academic circles are not in favour of guess papers and oppose its use by the
students especially by those who solely depend on such "miraculous" material and
do not cover their courses completely.

They also believe that guesswork
discourages students to cover the syllabus comprehensively owing to which
students learn nothing despite passing the examinations.

Makki, a
shopkeeper at Urdu Bazaar, said the trend of using guess papers and model papers
was very high among students especially those who were studying in government
schools. He said extraordinary sale of guess papers was recorded a couple of
weeks ago, before the examinations.

He further said demand of guess
papers of intermediate classes was not as high among college students though
some publishers do prepare them.

Shahbaz, a student, said guess papers
were a great blessing for students, as they had to prepare only selected and
important questions.

"I don't entirely depend on guess papers but I do go
through these papers before examinations since these offer most important
question papers for examinations," he added.

Another student said a few
academies and tuition centres were popular in the City just because their
guesswork was perfect. He said a rush of students can be seen outside such
centres ahead of examinations.

"Different sets of guess work are
prepared and are sold in form of photocopies by these academies," he
added.

Faisal, another student, narrating his own experience of using
guess papers said sometimes almost all the questions are mentioned in the guess
papers but students could not realise they have been befooled in the name of
guess work.

Sajjad, a father of a student, said some teachers compel
students to buy model papers and guess papers, he said by doing so, they wanted
to ease their own burden.

He said it was sad that students were not
discouraged from using guess papers.

"This is very dangerous as guess
work certainly hampers academic activities of the students," he added.

He criticised low quality printing and low quality paper, saying
substandard material was being sold at higher prices.

Academic circles
flayed the prevailing "guess-mania" among most of the students. They said
teachers should play their role in creating awareness among students about
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